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Down, Boy, Down (1/28/98)
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Okay, set us straight-- every time Larry Ellison starts blabbering to the press about how wonderful Steve Jobs is, should we feel an overwhelming sense of warmth and admiration for his profound sense of friendship and loyalty? Or is it acceptable that instead we feel a mild tinge of nausea and a slightly disturbing yet suppressable urge to inflict some form of mild and temporary retaliatory pain? Anyone? Anyone? Bueller?
Regardless, News.com's got a story that relates how Larry told a whole technology investment conference that Apple "has the best interim CEO in the world," adding that he couldn't elaborate on whether Steve would eventually sign on full-time. He also revealed the interesting fact that Apple's future direction will apparently focus on client-server NC-style architectures, and products that hit the $500-to-1500 price point. And, of course, he said Steve Jobs is great. The low-end market focus is all well and good, except we're a little concerned about Larry's comment that Apple would be pulling back from the high-end graphics market. By the way, did we mention that he also said Steve Jobs is great?
Now, don't get us wrong. We really do like Steve-- probably more than most people do. And we even have some respect for Larry (and we're thankful that he actually tells us things about Apple). But the slobbering lap-dog act has got to go. We don't think it's making either party look all that credible.
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 | | The above scene was taken from the 1/28/98 episode: January 28, 1998: Reports of the Newton's death have been greatly exaggerated in the past, but what of the latest rumors of its demise? Meanwhile, whisperings of the imminent visitor known as the Network Computer continue to describe the project as a potential love interest for MIS departments everywhere when it finally emerges from the shadows, and Larry Ellison continues to drool all over Steve Jobs in public...
Other scenes from that episode: 399: Newton Dies... Again (1/28/98) Newton, Apple's "other platform," seems to have more lives than James Bond. We've lost track of how many times we've been told it got killed/cancelled/sold off in the past two years, but the Newton project just seems to keep on ticking; Weebles wobble, but they don't fall down... 400: NC = New Coverage (1/28/98) So we've been talking about the rumored Apple NC's a lot lately, and it's no wonder-- with all the world screaming that Apple needs to ship low-cost systems in order to survive, the NC project could single-handedly save the company if it's implemented well...
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